WHAT IS THE CAF WORLD GIVING INDEX?

The CAF World Giving Index is a leading authority on global generosity and provides a simple picture of charitable behaviour across the world.

The research looks at how many people in each country donate money, volunteer or help a stranger. In 2015 the sixth year of the report, 145 countries were surveyed representing around 96% of the world’s population.

WHAT ARE THE 2015 KEY FINDINGS?

Myanmar, which shared first place with the USA in 2014, tops the 2015 CAF World Giving Index. The USA and New Zealand make up the rest of the top three.

Some of the world’s most generous countries are among the most deprived. The G-20, which represents the world’s largest economies, accounts for only 5 of the top 20 countries in the CAF World Giving Index.

For the first time since 2008, men are now more likely to give money than women.

People from Iraq were most likely to have helped a stranger, replacing the United States which came top last year.

There has been a recovery in young people’s generosity, helping to reduce the generation gap which sees much more giving among older people.